My in-laws come in from New York this time every year, and we used to enjoy taking them to restaurants around town. Now, if you don’t act within days of the menu release, the reservations are all gone.

I have seen comments on Facebook about the number of reservations people have: one person had 14, another 19, and many people are double-booked for the same night and time. Instead of some getting to go out once or a couple of times, people go every night.

I don’t think restaurants are getting a lot of new people trying their food. They are getting the same people year after year who go for a reduced-price meal at the restaurants they already go to.

Jen Siegal, Wheat Ridge

This letter was published in the Feb. 28 edition.

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Thanks for the warning, Ms. Siegal. I tried to get reservations at my favorite place, but they said it wasn’t necessary. Although I think $52.80 is a bit steep for two Whoppers and fries.

#2 Comment By peterpi On February 27, 2013 @ 9:25 pm

It’s the special commemorative Whopper wrappers

#3 Comment By irisman On March 1, 2013 @ 8:53 am

This reminds me of my favorite Yogi Berra story. Yogi claimed he knew every good Italian restaurant in the cities where the Yankees play. One of his teammates named a restaurant in the city where the were playing that day.Yogi said it couldn’t be good because he never heard of it. When they arrived there was a line half a block long, and Yogi said, “No wonder why nobody goes there. It’s too crowded!”